Chapter 10 When Technology and Humanity Cross

WHEN TECHNOLOGY AND
HUMANITY CROSS
TECHNOLOGY AND ITS
IMPORTANCE IN HUMAN SOCIETY
•AGRICULTURE
•HEALTH
•EDUCATION
•TRANSPORT SECTORS
ADVANTAGES OF MODERN
TECHNOLOGY
Based from the online articles of
Ramey(2012) and SKILLs learning
schools(2016)
1. Improved communication, easy access
to information and social networking
•5-7 MYA spoken word stories
•1836 Morse code
•1867 typewriter
•2011 online content communication like
writing software, web technology and
social media
2. Improved housing, lifestyle and
entertainment
•Materialsused for housing are far more sophisticated
than what were used before
•Automated equipment for home activities and
entertainment purpose
•Smart TV can perform television and computer
functions
3.Convenience in education
•Education is not limited to a classroom setting
•Distant education through online courses and other
web-based seminars
4. Convenience in Travelling
•Travelling allows easy access of merchandise and
tourist to find attractions
•Singapore and Japan have invested a lot for the
improvement of their rail and airport systems.
NEDA APPROVED TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
JUNE 2016- JUNE 2017
PROJECT NAME PROJECT COST IN LOCATION

BILLION PHP
METRO MANILA BUS 37.8 NCR

RAPID TRANSIT
NAIA 74.6 NCR
NORTH-SOUTH 170.70 NCR, REGION IV-A, and

RAILWAYS PROJECT- REGION V
SOUTH LINE
NEW BOHOL AIRPORT 7.8 REGION VII- BOHOL
NEW CEBU 9.2 REGION VII- CEBU

INTERNATIONAL
CONTAINER PORT
MINDANOA RAILWAY 35.26 DAVAO DEL NORTE AND
PROJECT DAVAO DEL SUR
MALOLOS-CLARK 211.43 BULACAN AND
RAILWAY PROJECT PAMPANGA
CLARK 12.55 PAMPANGA

INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
NEW CONFIGURATION 2.8 NCR

OF LRT LINE 1
CHANGE IN SCOPE, 4.62 BULACAN

COST AND FINANCING
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
THE ARTERIAL ROAD
BYPASS PROJECT
PHASE II
5. CHANGE IN HEALTH
INDUSTRY
•MORE SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENTS FOR
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENTS
•DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPEMENT OF NEW
TREATMENT PROCEDURES AND MEDICINES
1.STAR TREK STYLE TRICORDER
-HAND HELD DEVICE USED FOR
SENSOR SCANNING, DATA ANAYSIS
AND RECORDING DATA.
2. INTERPROBABILITY
BETWEEN HEALTH SYSTEMS
-CREATES WORKFLOW
THAT ALLOWS TRANSFER OF
INFORMATION BETWEEN
HEALTHCARE FACILITIES
3. ROBOTIC NURSE
ASSISTANT
-ROBOTS DESIGN TO HELP
NURSES IN LIFTING OR
MOVING PATIENTS AROUND
WITHOUT DANGER
4.ARTIFICIAL RETINAS
-INTENDED TO REPLACE THE RETINAS OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST THEIR VISION.
5. ADVANCED
PROSTHETICS
-NEURAL
CONTROL IS
BEING USED FOR
PROSTHETICS.
6. REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING
-PORTAL DEVICE THAT AIDS IN THE MONITORING OF
ALL HEALTH PARAMETERS. ALLOWS DOCTORS TO
PERFORM DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT VISITING THE CLINIC.
7. ANTI-AGING DRUG
-THIS DRUG ENTERED TRIALS IN THE
HOPE OF SLOWING DOWN AGING
PROCESS TO REDUCE BURDEN OF
TREATING DISEASES.
8. TOOTH REGENERATION
-LOW-POWERED LASER TO ACTIVATE STEM CELLS IN
STIMULATING THE GROWTH OF TEETH.
9. DISINFECTING LIGHTBULBS
-USES VISIBLE LIGHT IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES TO
CONTINOUSLY DISINFECT AND PREVENT INFECTION
10. ELECTRONIC UNDERWEAR PREVENTING BED
SORES
-THIS CREATES ELECTRIC CHARGE FOR THE
PATIENTS TO ACTIVATE THE MUSCLE AND BLOOD
CIRCULATION IN THE AREA EVERY TEN MINUTES.
.
11. LONG LASTING BATTERIES
-LONS LASTING BATTERIES WITH FAST CHARGING
CAPABILITIES SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF POWER HUNGRY
DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT
6. EFFIENCY AND
PRODUCTIVITY
NEW TECHNOLOGIES PROVIDE DIFFERENT
INDUSTRIES TO INCREASE PRODUCTION AND
REDUCE LABOR COST TO MEET THE DEMAND
OF THE GROWING SOCIETY.
7. INITIATES CREATIVITY AND
INNOVATION
•ALLOWS INTREORENEURS TO START UP WITH
ONLINE BUSSINESS
•ENABLE BUSSINESS TO OPERATE WHILE THE
OWNER IS ATTENDING OTHER IMPORTANT
ACTIVITIES
DISADVANTAGES OF MODERN
TECHNOLOGY
1. JOB LOSS AND HUMAN
DISPLACEMENT
•SHIFT IN ECONOMIES THAT USES HUMAN
LABOR
•EXCITEMENT TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT
OF PRODUCTS WITH GLOBALLY ACCEPTED
QUALITY BUT RAISED SOME CONSCERNS
OVER THE POSSIBLE MASSIVE JOB
DISPLACEMENT
ACCORDING TO ILO IN 2016, FIVE COUNTRIES IN
ASEAN REGION (COMBODIA, PHILIPPINES,
VIETNAM, THAILAND AND INDONESIA) THAT
HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ABOUT 80% OF THE
ASEAN WORKFORCE STUDIED. THE RESULTS
WERE PROJECTED TO VISUALIZE AND
TECHNOLOGY TRENDS UP TO 2025.
KEY FINDINGS
•The next two decades there will be high risk of employment
displacement because of technological advancement.
•Hotels and restaurants, wholesale and retail trade, and construction
and manufacturing have the high potential of automating their
services.
•Education, training, health, and social work services are the
industries less affected by automation.
•In countries like Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia national
workforce faces high automation especially in garments
production, sale assistant and office clerks.
•In most high-risk occupations, woman are more likely to be
affected and those who have not finished degree courses or
certified skilled face higher automation risk.
WORLD DESTRUCTION
WEAPONS
•FROM SPEARS, BOW AND ARROWS
•OTHER DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE DRONES,
FLY-BY-WIRE TECHNOLOGIES, SUBMARINE,
VARIOUS MISSILES, AND STEALTH
TECCHNOLOGY IN AIRCRAFTS, SPACE AND
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
INCREASED LONELINESS
•TECHNOLOGY CAUSED PHYSICAL SOCIAL
ISOLATION WHICH IS THE ABSENCE OF
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS
•THOUGH SOCIAL CONNECTION EXIST, STUDIES
SUGGEST THAT KIND OF CONNECTION OR
RELATION MAKES AN INDIVIDUAL FEELS
ISOLATEDD LEADING TO A SUPERFICIAL AND
LESS REWARDING RELATIONSHIP.
COMPETENCY
• INCREASED DEPENDENCE ON MODERN TOOLS AND
TECHNOLOGIES THAT CREATE INNOVATIONS AND
CHANGES IN THE SOCIETY MAY REDUCE HUMAN
CREATIVITY AND INTELLIGENCE.
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
•ARTICLE 1 RIGHT TO EQUALITY
•ARTICLE 2 FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION
•ARTICLE 3 RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY, PERSONAL SECURITY
•ARTICLE 4 FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY
•ARTICLE 5 FREEDOM FROM TORTURE AND DEGRADING TREATMENT
•ARTICLE 6 RIGHT TO RECOGNITIONAS A PERSON BEFORE THE LAW
•ARTICLE 7 RIGHT TO EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW
•ARTICLE 8 RIGHT TO REMEDY BY COMPRTRNT TRIBUNAL
•ARTICLE 9 FREEDOM FROM ARBITRARY ARREST AND EXILE
•ARTICLE 10 RIGHT TO FAIR PUBLIC HEARING
•ARTICLE 11 RIGHT TO BE CONSIDERED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN
GUILTY
•ARTICLE 12 FREEDOM FROM INTERFERENCE WITH PRIVACY, FAMILY,
HOME AND CORRESPONDENCE
•ARTICLE 13 RIGHT TO FREE MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF THE
COUNTRY
•ARTICLE 14 RIGHT TO ASYLUM IN OTHER COUNTRIES FROM
PERSECUTION
•ARTICLE 15 RIGHT TO A NATIONALITY AND FREEDOM FROM CHANGE
•ARTICLE 16 RIGHT TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
•ARTICLE 17 RIGHT TO OWN PROPERTY
•ARTICLE 18 FREEDOM OF BELIEF AND RELIGION
•ARTICLE 19 FREEDOM OF OPINION AND INFORMATION
•ARTICLE 20 RIGHT OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION
•ARTICLE 21 RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT AND IN FREE
ELECTIONS
•ARTICLE 22 RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY
•ARTICLE 23 RIGHT TO DISIRABLE WORK AND TO JOIN TRADE UNIONS
•ARTICLE 24 RIGHT TO REST AND LEISURE
•ARTICLE 25 RIGHT TO ADEQUATE LIVING STANDARD
•ARTICLE 26 RIGHT TO EDUCATION
•ARTICLE 27 RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF
COMMUNITY
•ARTICLE 28 RIGHT TO SOCIAL ORDER THAT ARTICULATES THIS
DOCUMENT
•ARTICLE 29 COMMUNITY DUTIES ESSENTIAL TO FREE AND FULL
DEVELOPMENT
•ARTICLE 30 FREEDOM FROM STATE OR PERSONAL
INTERFERENCE IN THE ABOVE RIGHTS
EMERGING TECHNOLOGICAL
ETHICAL DILIMMAS
1. REAL TIME SATELLITE SURVEILLANCE
IMAGERY
-advancement of technologies brought down the
prices of acquiring new satellites but also made them
smaller. This satellites is helpful in planning and
solving humanitarian problems.
2. COLONIZING MARS: AN ASTRONAUT BIOTICS
-NASA and Mars one are working together to
colonize the Mars but there are some risk in
establishing such colony.
3. WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY
-global companies developed several wearable
technology to suit human behavior and activities. This
technology have beneficial functions in the field of
education and health but they may expose private details
of our lives.
4. STATE-SPONSORED HACKTIVISM AND

“SOFTWAR”
-cyber war and hacktivism. Soft war also progresses to
cultural and psychological operations. This cyber attacks
to any government can cause big problems.
5. ENHANCED PATHOGENS
-influenza, SARS, and MERS have been suspended in
the United States because of bio-safety concerns. But this
could be an avenue in exposing the virus into the general
population.
6. NON-LETHAL WEAPON
-weapons that are not designed to kill like laser
missiles, blinding weapons, pain rays, sonic weapons,
electric weapons, heat rays, disabling malodorants, as
well as gases and sprays. Can also be used in torture.
7. ROBOT SWARMS
-Harvard university have focused on the development
of “kilobots” a group of robots capable of doing simple
task without the intervention of humans. This robots can
cause harm and accident if they malfunction.
8. ARTIFICIAL LIFE FORMS

-Synthetic biology is focused on the custom-building
of synthetic life forms by introducing synthetic DNA to
an existing organism. This synthetic life forms may be
used to cure diseases.
9. RESILIENT SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM
-Building resilience both in social and ecological
system of each nation is necessary in facing social
problems brought by poverty, economic globalization,
climate change and natural disaster.
10. BRAIN-TO-BRAIN INTERFACES

- a direct communication from one brain to another
without speech but using an
electroencephalography(EEG). Accidents can happen like
sharing or removing of information from an individual
brain, intellectual rights and the liability if one commits a
mistake in communication.

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WHEN TECHNOLOGY AND

PROJECT NAME PROJECT COST IN LOCATION

METRO MANILA BUS 37.8 NCR

NAIA 74.6 NCR

NORTH-SOUTH 170.70 NCR, REGION IV-A, and

NEW CEBU 9.2 REGION VII- CEBU

CLARK 12.55 PAMPANGA

NEW CONFIGURATION 2.8 NCR

CHANGE IN SCOPE, 4.62 BULACAN

4. STATE-SPONSORED HACKTIVISM AND

8. ARTIFICIAL LIFE FORMS

10. BRAIN-TO-BRAIN INTERFACES

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